Jimmy Fallon starts as host of the Tonight Show tonight. And I know how the first show is going to open.
It’s dark. Someone reaches over and turns on a bedside light. It’s Jay Leno. He’s agitated. He says “Honey, wake up! You won’t believe the dream I just had!” There’s a groan from the other side of the bed. Leno: “Well, don’t you want to hear about it? I dreamed NBC replaced me as host, AGAIN!”
An arm reaches out and turns on the light on the other side of the bed. IT’S JIMMY FALLON, who says, “There, there. It’s all right. It’s just a bad dream. NBC was boneheaded enough to do that once. They wouldn’t be stupid enough to do that again.”
Leno, reluctantly: “I guess you’re right. Good night, Jimmy.”
“Good night, Jay,” Fallon replies, and they both turn out their bedside lights.